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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Geake was transported on the Lord Dalhousie, departing 19th Sep 1863 and arriving 28th Dec 1863 with 272 passengers.
1852 - Voyage. 912 tons. Ferris from Cork. 322 male convicts. C.A. Anderson Esq, MD, Surgeon Superintendent.
Lord Dalhousie (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 597 (300) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
I am the ggg grandson of Thomas Geake and made the contribution currently marked "Anonymous". I have no objection to being identified as Kevin Stagg, currently of Waterlooville UK, and sometime of Chelsea (Vic), Canberra, and the Royal Australian Navy. I would like to have any information about the children of Thomas and Mary Ann.
Thomas Geake's occupation was a "Plasterer". He was 5'6 1/4" tall, dark brown hair, black eyes, dark complexion, round face and stout build, semi literate, married with 6 children. 17/8/1867: TOL 12/12/1873: CP at Champion Bay. Worked as a shepherd and a miner. 15/2/1874: Thomas died near Geraldton, he was found dead in the bush.
Thomas Geake died in 1874 and is buried in the cemetery at Geraldine, Western Australia, near Northampton. He may have been working on the lead mines that were at Geraldine. I cannot find his death recorded in the BDM's for Western Australia, just a cemetery listing.
NB The surname varies and may be rendered as Gake or Gakes. Born Lifton, Devon, England about 1826; married Mary Ann Davy in Jersey, Channel Islands, about 1844; on 23 October 1861 killed Mary Ann Davy in the Longis Road, Alderney, CI, by gunshot; on 2 December 1861 "found guilty of having feloniously killed and slaughtered the said Mary Ann Davy" (this is a translation of the original record which is in French). The Guernsey Star reported that seven children were left without a parent in Alderney: Jane (14), Harriet (9), William (5), George (2) are recorded in the 1861 census for Longy Common, Alderney; Thomas Richard was born 24 July 1861. Mary is not recorded in that census, but is recorded in the 1871 census as living in St Peter Port Guernsey aged 22. A civil court record (Guernsey) shows that the court intended to transport Jane, William and George back to Lifton, because that was the parish where their father was born and he "had never established residence in any of the parishes of the Bailiwick of this island....". According to the curator of the Alderney Museum, this would have been in accordance with the Poor Laws prevailing at the time. Enquiries are currently (Jul 2011) being made with researchers at Lifton. Thomas Geake was my g-g-g grandfather, and Harriet was my g-g grandmother. Much of the information was found by the Priaulx Library, Guernsey. The records were translated by the current curator of the Alderney Museum.